Comments on: unwrapping rediscovery

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:49:29 +0000

I’m crazy about that picture!

Thanks for being so encouraging! I feel like I know you just through reading your blog. Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:54 +0000

Emily, God gave me that poem when I was 20, too, collapsing all over the place at school, falling in love and getting my heart broken, taking daily criticism from teachers and mentors and friends about being sick just for getting attention, losing it…

He became my Quietness then, the only safe place in the roar of the raw around me and within. Thank *you* for the reminder today. I needed that this morning.

By: Natural Mama

Natural Mama — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:24:12 +0000

Used to listen to Elisabeth Elliot to and from college every day via the radio. So encouraging! Now I’ve found that Nancy Leigh DeMoss seems like a younger version of Elisabeth. I really enjoy listening to her as well. Love the photo!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:18:48 +0000

All I can say at this moment, as the tears flow, is Thank You!

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:14:46 +0000

oh em, your words are my gifts.

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:30:17 +0000

I’ve always wanted to read Amy Carmichael–thanks for reminding me.

I have been very blessed and mentored by Elisabeth Elliot’s writings as well. Passion and Purity was a big one for me in college, and her devotional entitled “keep a Quiet Heart” is a favorite–time and time again.

By: The Scooper

The Scooper — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:12:12 +0000

Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person in the world who is such a vicious tyrant to herself. While there are seasons of relative “inner peace,” this particular season has rained down excessive amounts of guilt, condemnation, and expectation.

Thank you. Sometimes it’s just nice to know I’m not alone.

By: deidra

deidra — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:29:41 +0000

In tenth grade, my Home Economics teacher played Elizabeth Elliot’s radio show while we baked and sewed and whipped and frosted. It was mostly just background noise to me then. I didn’t get it. I do now.

By: Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam

Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:28:52 +0000

Oh friend – me too… I love those women. I went three times to the Cover for Elizabeth Elliot weekends.

By: Hillary @ The Other Mama

Hillary @ The Other Mama — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:19:55 +0000

How wonderful to find old notes, thoughts and prayers in journals. I’ve came across a few lately before we had a yard sale and was thankful that a lot of my prayers were deeper than “Please don’t let my hair color fade before the formal”.
But it is wonderful to see how much we have grown over the years. And- much like the Bible- how things can be interpreted differently with different surroundings and circumstances. Love your poem and we ARE all on a mission field. Suburbia is a tough one.